Being a mom is not easy. Sometimes the foolish decisions our kids make and us can really bring us down.
Our children have choices to make just as much as us. I do believe there are three kinds of choices, foolish, wise, and ones that would fall into a rare gray area. There are times we just need to push pause on a choice and other times we have to decide quickly.
This is a hard concept for most children from hard places. They have witnessed choices that were made mostly in haste. Learning to pause and regain control of emotions are like asking them to stop a train. They and sometimes moms (I'm not talking from experience...lol) let our emotion get the better of us. We hastily jump to a decision/choice without thinking thru it clearly. Teaching our children to do this is very difficult.
I have been trying to be more aware of the warning signs of an erupting emotion that will lead to a poor decision/choice, especially in my younger three who have a harder time of this. I try to stop them and remind them NOW is the time to stop and make a good decision...to think...to pause.
Boy how often do I need that as a mom and wife! I need to pause before those lovely hormones get the best of me. Will I be foolish, wise, or is it one of those rare times that I have a gray decision to make?
